4 March 2017

Craft Beer Rising London 2017

Last weekend we
went to Craft Beer Rising beer festival in London's Brick
Lane. This is a yearly tradition for us, and it was great once again.
We met some old friends, made new acquaintances and tasted some
excellent beers and ciders. Here is only a quick overview of the
beers tasted, accompanied with a few photos.

Hoppy Seabird
is a new craft beer range by Gower Brewery in Swansea in Wales. These
were lovely new beers to get to know. They also had a friendly and
enthusiastic guy talking about the beers and the brewery. I just
loved their branding.

My lovely partner
won me a t-shirt featuring this dinosaur from the Butcombe
Brewing Co.'s wheel spinning game. What a good win and nice beers to go
with it. Their dinosaur beer's logo is one of my favourites anyway. I
always appreciate good artwork on beverages and food, and that can be
a major factor when making purchase decisions.

There were also
some Scandinavians preset: Amundsen and Ægir breweries
from Norway had brewed an excellent collaboration beer. We visited
Ægir in Norway last autumn, so it was nice to see them in this
country. I hope both breweries will be successful in the British
market. From Sweden there was Kungsbryggeriet from Stockholm,
once again great beers.

Prancing Pony
Brewery from New Zealand was another new acquaintance for us. I
really liked their beer and branding, and we also bought a couple of
bottles to take home. We are still saving them for a special
occasion.

We already visited
UBREW last autumn in the Bermondsey Beer Mile in London, but I
just had to get another dinosaur beer.

Some
of our old friends were luckily there, it's always nice to see a
familiar face: Big Hug Brewery with
their lovely beers and cans, Goose Island,
who now even had atap
room downstairs, Caple Road ciders
had some new products to taste, and on the snack side my favourites,
Karkli, spicy
handmade Indian style lentil snacks.

We
didn't eat a lot there, as the vegetarian food offering seemed to be
a little bit less this year. We managed to get a decent mac'n'cheese
though. However I would have hoped for a bit more veggie food.

Who is The VegHog?

A vegetarian hobby cook and urban gardener born in Finland, currently living in Denmark. I try to develop my cooking skills by making a wide variety of veggie dishes, some of them traditional and some new creations. My favourites include veggie burgers, squashes, organic and local produce, cider, spelt, rye, pizzas, pasta dishes, risottos and sea-buckthorn.
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